Sand-blind Definition
săndblīnd
adjective
Having poor vision; partially blind.
American Heritage Medicine
Dim-sighted.
Wiktionary
Alternative spelling of sandblind.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- visually-impaired
- purblind
- visually challenged
- near-blind
- dim-sighted
Origin of Sand-blind
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Middle English alteration (due to assoc. with sand) of samblind (“half-blind”), from Old English samblind (“half-blind”), from sām- (“half-”) + blind (“blind”)
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English sāmblind sām- half sēmi- in Indo-European roots blind blind blind
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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